Is this a roo?

[Mr farmer]

the buff looks like a rooster to me a little bit

 

[snakelife]

No saddle feathers from what I can tell. They like to hang out under my boat during the day for the shade and when I walked out there she didn't come out from the boat until I called had to crawl under there and push her out. She growled at me more then once. She was in the sitting position the whole time. I don't know if she was just lazy or practicing her egg laying squat.

 

[Beardie Girls]

Now I haven't had a rooster sit and growl - that sounds like grumpy hen behavior!

 

[snakelife]

That's what I'm thinking! I had to repeatedly call for her to come out from under the boat. No egg from what I can see but it is hard to see under the boat. I am going fishing today and when we pull the boat out I will be able to see. I don't think there is an egg there but who knows!

 

[Too Fast]

18 weeks? I thought eggs were not around until the chickens were 20-24 weeks old. We are new to this with 8 chickens and they are 12 weeks old now. 2 are roosters. I have read that if you have some dominant roosters, then the less dominant ones won't really show themselves until/unless the dominant one is removed (somehow, freezer camp or dumplings).

 

[Jonathan w]

Is she your only B.O.? in comparison to the other b.o.'s did she feather out slower or at the same rate< people will argue but i have notices that baby roos feather out slower that baby hens.... MY little bantam cochin roo was slower to feather but quick to crow he started crowing at 9 weeks old, seriously, no joke...

 

[snakelife]

No egg and no growling today. Hummm this chicken is very confusing! Lol

 

[snakelife]

She is my only BO and these are my first chickens ever. Except I have had experience working on a chicken farm with 400+ chickens but never actually paid attention to the differences between young roosters and hens except for the crows and eggs.

 

[Chicks Galore3]

18 weeks? I thought eggs were not around until the chickens were 20-24 weeks old. We are new to this with 8 chickens and they are 12 weeks old now. 2 are roosters. I have read that if you have some dominant roosters, then the less dominant ones won't really show themselves until/unless the dominant one is removed (somehow, freezer camp or dumplings).

It all depends on the breed. My first layer was a gold star and a little over 17 weeks. My EE's, on the other hand, layed at about 6 1/2 months. (They are known to be late bloomers.)

 

[snakelife]

No saddle feathers from what I can tell. I just walked out of my house to watch her swallow a jeweled curly tail lizard whole. They are huge. This thing was like 7 inches long. She acted like she was choking on it and then drank a lot of water afterwards. Is that ok? I just wanted to check with that incident. She is walking an breathing and whatnot but should she be eating stuff that long?